Cradle



May 23, 1933. c. CHOMIK 1,910,089

CRADLE Filed Mafch 13, 1931 ZSheets-Sheet 1 May 23, 1933. Q c o K 1;910,089

CRADLE Filed March 15, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 om manna omeom parts are connected without the employment: of; screws; B81185, glue, or: analogous: securmg;

means: or; devices and wherein the parts; con:- stituting the; fiurniture; are frictionally' held in. interlocking; engagement, in a manner which. permitoi the article being; read ilyandi easily setup onas; readily and easily disconnected and. collapsed to provide: a. small. package for storage or shipment: when: --not in use; a

A. fiirtlier' object is the; provision: of am 152 article. of. furniture which is primarily "de: signed as a childs crad'lle, but obviously not restricted. to; this particular." devices, andl in; which the parts constituting the: article: have, at their corners interengaging; grooves: for fricti'onally interlocking one with the other, together with locking plates which: hold the fmmiture eifectivel'y set up; atv the, cornersthereof which. likewise afiord. a support for the; bottom. of the; cradle, the said plates, when pressure; is exerted. there against, being forced more tightly into interlocking" engagementbnt which locking; plates 'musthe: removed to. permit of the. separation of the remaining parts of the are ticle.

To the attainment of the foregoing the; invention consists in the improvement; here-- inafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings: 7 I

Figure l is a. sectional view approximately on the line 1-1 of Figure 2,, the: dotted lines showing the sides swung to-permit of their removal or their interlocking engage- 40 ment with the ends.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of 1.

Figure 3 is an inverted perspective View looking toward one of the corners of the cradle, the parts being separated.

Eigure- 4-2 a-..hottom= plain view; of the: cradle;

(Figure 5' a: side: elevation. oi one? of? the s1 est Figure 6- is a: similar: View of one: of? the? ends.

Figure 7 is; a: plam view," of." one. ofi'thei lock.- ing; plates.

the device is. in;- the' nature of a toy;, such as: a crib, a'sgdi'sclosed; by the. d-rawiii-gs,v the.- same may be constructed; oii heavy; card-- boardg, veneered? wood? products; woodi or the like; Whileit? is: to: be.- understood, that; I? do not wish to restrict my' invention. to a toy" crib, nor as a matter of fact, to; any other; toy article. of furniture I will, inthe.-

iollbwingydescriptionz refer to the same: as; a toy" crib and, describe; in detail. thev parts: from which; the crib: is: formed, with a. dis tinct understanding that: other toy articles-,. 01: as a; matter-of fa'ct, household articles may be? constructed accordance with; my invention; 'llliev crib:- i'ncliudes: the: usual sides; 1: and, ends The; ends 25 have: their conners: formed. with: projections which I will. 7.0? termz lips: and which. are indicated by the numerals; 4, respectively The. upper lips: 3 have their inner edges; cut: angularly,, as at 5, while thelower: lips have: straight shouldered.

The: sides I,- atv their and. lower edges: and adjacent to their ends are notched or slotted, as: at 7 and 8, respectively. In.- ward of the lower slots 8 the sides are formed with extensions which I will refer to as ears and which. are indicatedfby the numeral 9' the inner and. rounded edges. of the ears on the respective ends of the: sides: are notched and slotted, as l0" respectively, the said slots being; directed at op osite downward angles.

disclosed by the dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings the slots or notches 7 have their sides arranged against the beveled inner walls at the lips of the ends 2 and outer faces of t e ends 2 at the parts thereof formed with the lips 3 and .4.

The numeral 11 desilgnates what I will term locking plates. ach of the plates,

adjacent to its end and from one of its edges, is provided with a transverse notch 12. The notches 12 are designed to be received in the angle notches 10 of the sides 1 and to cause all of the walls provided by the notches 8 to exert a frictional engagement against the upper and lower faces of the plates 11 and likewise all of the walls provided by the notches 12 will exert a like engagement with the ears 9, inward of the notches 10. The lockin plates 11, it will be noted, will efiectively lold the corners of the crib or like article effectively connected,

and the said article cannot have its parts v the crib. It will be obvious that the weight separated until after the locking plates 11 are removed.

The locking plates are arranged at slight opposite inclinations and on the upper ed es 0 the said plates there rests a bottom 13 or of the bottom 13 will have a tendency to slightly cant the locking plates 11 which only serves to bring the same into tighter frictional engagement with the ears 9 against the inner faces of the ends 2. The sides and ends are ornamented, as disclosed by the drawings, and the ends are formed with rockers 14.

It is thought the foregoing description when read in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantages of my improvement to those skilled in the art without further description with the understanding that I do not wish to be restricted to the precise details herein set forth and do not wish to be restricted to proportion, size, shape, etc., and therefore may make such changes therefrom als fairly fall within the scope of what I c aim.

Having described the invention, I claim:

An article of furniture comprising detachably associated parts including end portions, upper and lower projections formed on the opposite corners of the end portions, the inner edges of the upper projections being cut angularly and the inner edgesof the lower projections being cut to provide straight shoulders, side portions coo crating with the end portions and havin t eir upper and lower edges notched ad acent their t In testimony whereof I afiix my signaure.

, CHARLES CHOMIK. 

